Alasdair Allan @ makezine.com discuss about a new IoT board released from the company that makes the ESP8266. The ESP8266 chip, and the boards based around it, have been the new hot new thing this past year. Overnight it became — almost by stealth — one of the leading platforms...

Prometheus is Not a 3D printer - it quickly carves, drills, and shapes your PCB so you don't have to wait for a delivery truck. Prometheus makes real circuit boards in just minutes. When we're prototyping, we need a tool that can give us nearly instant feedback - not feedback that...

Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT8331, a current mode step-up DC/DC converter with an internal 500mA, 140V switch. It operates from an input voltage range of 4.5V to 100V, making it suitable for use with a wide range of input sources found in industrial, transportation...

PINE A64 is the world's first 64-bit expandable Quad Core 1.2Ghz supercomputer, tablet, media center, and more... starting at just $15. PINE A64 is not only a computer, it is a super affordable 64-bit high performance expandable single board computer (SBC). Whether you are an IT...

by Martin Cooke @ elektormagazine.com: It was reported last year that researchers at Rice University in the US, led by chemist James Tour had developed a method of producing a form of graphene on commercial polyimide plastic sheet by zapping it with a laser. The process is called...

A reference design for an Arduino UNO compatible board based on the FTDI FT231X USB UART, delivers 5V at a full 1A without overheating. The UNO R3 is the staple of most Arduino based projects but it's been around for a number of years and many of the features have been improved for...

A complete IoT kit that includes all the hardware, software, and cloud infrastructure needed to quickly build a wireless IoT system. The Creator™ Ci40 IoT kit includes not only the hardware building blocks needed to quickly prototype a wireless IoT system from scratch but most...

Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT8714, an 80V input synchronous PWM four quadrant output DC/DC controller. This device cleanly transitions the output voltage through zero volts with up to 5A sourcing and sinking current capability, regardless of the output voltage...